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DonorsChoose.org

Historical collection: May 2019 · Rating details mostly from 2017. Source & context

The mission

What this organization describes

An online charity connecting you to classrooms in need.

Founded in 2000, DonorsChoose.org allows citizen philanthropists to fund specific project requests from teachers in U.S. public schools. We make it personal: donors choose a project that moves them, and then they hear back from the classroom with photos and updates. DonorsChoose.org validates the project request and purchases the resources for the teacher. To date, we have funded over 400,000 classroom projects to bring learning alive for students, providing more than 11 million children with books, technology, supplies, funding for field trips or class visitors, and other resources. Our vision is of a nation where students in every community have the resources they need to learn.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

96.66Overall score
out of 100

97.50Financial score
out of 100

96.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

These are the dataset’s historical numeric fields, not a current rating or a new DonorAPI.com assessment. Read the score context ↗

Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$121,428,211

Total expenses · USD$102,666,357

Program expenses

$97,225,040.08 recorded amount

94.7%

Fundraising expenses

$4,311,986.99 recorded amount

4.2%

Administrative expenses

$1,026,663.57 recorded amount

1.0%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.03 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

Expense shares are displayed as percentages. Component amounts in this collection match total expenses multiplied by the source ratios; rounding can leave a small difference from the total. The source does not supply a row-specific fiscal year. Field definitions ↗

Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Charles Best
Recorded compensation: $363,542.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 0.35%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for DonorsChoose.org
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	96.0
`category` Category	Education
`description` Mission & description	Founded in 2000, DonorsChoose.org allows citizen philanthropists to fund specific project requests from teachers in U.S. public schools. We make it personal: donors choose a project that moves them, and then they hear back from the classroom with photos and updates. DonorsChoose.org validates the project request and purchases the resources for the teacher. To date, we have funded over 400,000 classroom projects to bring learning alive for students, providing more than 11 million children with books, technology, supplies, funding for field trips or class visitors, and other resources. Our vision is of a nation where students in every community have the resources they need to learn.
`ein` EIN	13-4129457
`tot_exp` Total expenses	102666357.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.01
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.03
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.042
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.9470000000000001
`fscore` Financial score	97.5
`leader` Recorded leader	Charles Best
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	363542.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0034999999999999996
`motto` Tagline	An online charity connecting you to classrooms in need.
`name` Charity name	DonorsChoose.org
`tot_rev` Total revenue	121428211.0
`score` Overall score	96.66
`state` State code	NY
`subcategory` Subcategory	Youth Education Programs and Services
`size` Source size label	big
`program_exp` Program expenses	97225040.07900001
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	4311986.994
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	1026663.5700000001

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 13-4129457
Source category: Education
Source subcategory: Youth Education Programs and Services
Recorded location: New York (NY)
Expense-based size: Large
Above $13.5M in total expenses · source label: big

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Source: Charity Navigator Scores Expenses Dataset, version 1, attributed to katyjqian on Kaggle. Collection: May 2019; rating details mostly from 2017. Read attribution, scope, and reuse notes.